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Flummery

Flummery Meaning & Definition
Flummery Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Flummery?

[n] meaningless ceremonies and flattery
[n] a bland custard or pudding especially of oatmeal

Synonyms | Synonyms for Flummery: mummery

Related Terms | Find terms related to Flummery: absurdity | amphigory | babble | babblement | balderdash | bibble-babble | blabber | blather | bombast | claptrap | double-talk | drivel | drool | fiddledeedee | fiddle-faddle | folderol | fudge | fustian | gabble | galimatias | gammon | gibber | gibberish | gibble-gabble | gobbledygook | hocus-pocus | humbug | jabber | jargon | mumbo jumbo | narrishkeit | niaiserie | nonsense | pack of nonsense | palaver | prate | prattle | rant | rigamarole | rigmarole | rodomontade | rubbish | skimble-skamble | stuff and nonsense | stultiloquence | trash | trumpery | twaddle | twattle | twiddle-twaddle | vaporing | waffling

See Also | hokum | meaninglessness | nonsense | nonsensicality | pudding

Flummery In Webster's Dictionary

\Flum"mer*y\, n. [W. llumru, or llumruwd, a kind of food made of oatmeal steeped in water until it has turned sour, fr. llumrig harsh, raw, crude, fr. llum sharp, severe.] 1. A light kind of food, formerly made of flour or meal; a sort of pap. Milk and flummery are very fit for children. --Locke. 2. Something insipid, or not worth having; empty compliment; trash; unsubstantial talk of writing. The flummery of modern criticism. --J. Morley.

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